8.26.2006

No manual entry for man

error message when trying to get standard man pages: No manual entry for XXXX

I figured out why the normal man pages don't work on some systems.  The file /etc/MANPATH overrides the MANPATH variable when /etc/profile runs.  So to fix it just add the "normal" man page locations to /etc/MANPATH:

/usr/share/man:/usr/contrib/man:/usr/local/man:

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